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Singapore megachurch pastor jailed for eight years for fraud
The pastor and five other senior staff of the City Harvest megachurch in Singapre were today jailed for a fraud that revolved around misusing church finances to fund the music career of the pastor's wife.
Seven Assyrian Christians drown while fleeing ISIS
Seven Assyrian Christians who fled Islamic State in Iraq are among a number to have drowned this week while crossing the Mediterranean.
Landmark ruling? Woman with advanced MS should be allowed to die, says judge
Life-saving medical treatment for a woman with advanced multiple sclerosis should be withdrawn and she be allowed to die, a judge has ruled in what is said to be a landmark ruling.
Faith leaders ask President Obama to welcome Syrian refugees despite opposition from Republican governors
Over a thousand faith leaders aren't happy that 27 governors from all across America are trying to close their doors on Syrian refugees, and they have made an appeal to President Barack Obama to welcome those in need into their country.
Mali hotel attack: All hostages freed
All hostages held by Islamist gunmen at a luxury hotel in Mali have been freed, officials say.
Pat Robertson: Compassion, yes, but from policy standpoint, truth is 'evil people have infiltrated the refugee hordes'
What would Jesus do about the Syrian refugee crisis in America? This was a questioned posed by a concerned viewer to Christian preacher Pat Robertson on Thursday during his show "The 700 Club."
The wholly unIslamic, blasphemous nature of Islamic State
If we ask what Jesus or Mohammed would have done, they would be with the faith leaders and the refugees. There is no God of any religion that would be with these drug-addled maniacs bringing chaos to cities, death and fear into our lives.
Donald Trump's suggestion of Muslim database 'objectionable' says UK cardinal
Donald Trump's plan to force American Muslims to register on a database is "an objectionable suggestion," the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said today.
Sarah Palin: Jesus wants you to have a gun
Former VP candidate claims Jesus supported 'open carry'
Catholic Church in Switzerland begins counselling service for sex workers
"I'm not here to judge, and certainly not to condemn," were the words of a theologian who will lead a landmark counselling service for prostitutes in Switzerland.
Ben Carson compares worry over Syrian refugees to parents' concern about 'mad dogs' in neighbourhood
Carson said in this situation there is a need to immediately take out the "mad dogs" to protect the people.
New Ebola case found in Liberia
A new case of Ebola emerged in Liberia on Friday in a setback for the country declared free of the disease on September 3 and for the region, which is struggling to end an epidemic that has killed around 11,300 people.
After Paris terror attacks, evangelicals find themselves divided into 2 camps â one for war against Islam and the other for peace
Evangelicals seem to have opposing views on the simultaneous terror attacks that recently hounded the city of Paris. Some believe that it's a clear sign Islam is at war with the world, but for others, peace must be upheld above all things.
Rowan Williams: We must try to understand ISIS
We must try to understand ISIS, urged former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
Jesus loved outsiders. Why do Christians hate them?
Jesus simply doesn't offer us the option of calling ourselves Christians and then hating a group of outsiders, says Andy Walton.
Pastor whose pregnant wife was fatally shot: 'Jesus takes what the world says is a tragedy and makes it beautiful'
The pastor husband of Amanda Blackburn, who died after being shot in the head at her home by intruders last week, has said that God will bring good things out of the tragedy.